Two former Parramatta Eels players are accused of harbouring semi-automatic weapons and possessing more than half-a-million dollars in cash after dramatic arrests in Sydney's Centennial Park yesterday.

Vic desal water won't be ready on time

The first water order from Victoria's controversial desalination plant won't be delivered by the deadline and the company responsible faces a multi million dollar penalty.

The government's 50 gigalitre order, due on Friday, will be four gigalitres short, Water Minister Lisa Neville said on Thursday.

A power issue in December required engineers from France to fix it, which led to a delay in getting the plant fully operational.

"We only pay for the water we get. So we don't pay for the four gigs we don't get," Ms Neville told 3AW.

"There will be less paid for the water and we will seek to recover money under the contract."

Any money paid to AquaSure, the company responsible for the plant, will be placed in a trust "in case the company tries to dispute the adjustment the government makes", Ms Neville said.

The payment for the water will be brought down from $27 million to about $25 million, and the $604 million security payment the government would normally make over a year will be adjusted, the government says.